The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
The Future of the Sierra Nevada
The largest timber company in California has adopted a clear-cutting strategy that threatens the future of the Sierra Nevada.
HUD Funding for New Building Technologies
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomoannounced grants totaling nearly $1.1 million for six industry projects that promise new orimproved energy-saving and homebuilding technologies within 18 months.
Museum Design: Masterpiece or Boxy Shed?
A design to replace the earthquake-weakened M.H. de Young Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Parkfaces criticism from architects and grassroots organizations.
LAUSD Site Planning: The Good, Bad, Ugly
Stakeholders offer their two cents on plans for Los Angeles' Abasssador Hotel as a future LAUSD school site.
The New LA Charter: Are You Ready?
Among the changes: 15 neighborhood councils, five regional planning commissions. Is this "placebo government?"
Lawsuit Over Wood-burning Fireplace Ban
Palo Alto hit with a lawsuit by industry group over city's ban on wood-burning fireplaces.
Citywide Rezoning for Stanton
Stanton, CA., plans to rezone the entire city into a redevelopment zone.
Silicon Valley? Technology Needs Space
Joel Kotkin suggests that Silicon Valley's real estate is causing it's demise. Instead, technology is looking toward Dallas, Washington DC, and Southern California.
Downtown L.A. as a Destination Place
Get ready for Staples Phase 2 -- a billion dollar entertainment, retail, and hotel complex encircling the arena.
El Toro: CA's Most Bitter Land Use Controversy
Feature story in Planning Magazine chronicles history and planning or El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in the heart of Orange County.
Technology for Planning and Architecture
The AEC Systems show profiles new technologies for architecture, construction, planning; focus on tech tools for project management.
Planning Editorial: Zoning -- Let's Start Over
Society has outgrown planning's land use designations. We need to radically "dezone" our communities.
Urban Sprawl and Metropolitics
Minnesota Representative Myron Orfield, who also serves onsprawl-related committees of American Planning Association,talks about urban sprawl and what he calls "metropolitics."
Government Exempts Central Valley Pollution
San Joaquin counties would have failed new EPA standards; new funds for UC Merced to "enhance environmental stewardship."
El Segundo Plans Downtown Revitalization
Revitalization plan seeks to attract pedestrians and retailbusinesses.
No Open Access To Cable Lines
Court rules that local cities cannot mandate open access to cable lines.
Airport Considers Toll For Out-of-towners
Los Angeles International Airport might consider charging Orange County residents for using the airport in order to compensate nearby communities for traffic and noise.
Burbank Airport Authority Counters City's Proposal
After only a day, the Burbank Airport Authority rejected the City Council's scaled-down proposal to expand the airport.
Expensive Subway to Open
After nearly 15 years of construction, Los Angeles' $4.7 billion subway project is ready to open. But will Angelenos get out of their cars?
Airport to Increase Parking Rates
San Jose International Airport is considering increasing parking rates to encourage passengers to use alternativemeans of transportation to the airport.
Resource Assistance for Rural Environments
City of Edmonds
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
City of Piedmont, CA
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
